Attorney Docket No. 371 67-8040.US01 (13724-850)
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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
in Re Application of: Johnson etal.
Application No.: 09/916,235
Filed: July 25, 2001
FOR: METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TREATING TUMORS USING
LOCALIZED IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT
EXAMINER: VRETTAKOS, P.
ART UNIT: 3739
CONFIRMAITONNO. 6858
Commissioner for Patents
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Attorney Docket No. 37167-8040.US01 (13724-850)
IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
RE Application of: Johnson et al.
Serial No.: 09/916,235
FILED: July 25, 2001
For: method for detecting and treating tumors
USING LOCALIZED IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT
Examiner: Vrettakos,P.
Art Unit: 3739
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U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
Examiner
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Name of Patentee or Inventor
of Cited Document
Date of
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Filing Date
of Cited
Document
Pages, Columns, Lines,
Where Relevant
Figures Appear
Kind Code
NUMBER (if known)
5,536,267
Edwards et al.
07/16/96
5,620,479
Diederich
04/15/97
5,683,384
Gough et al.
11/04/97
5,800,484
Gough et al.
09/01/98
a fieri nQii
Sherman
04/18/00
6,066,134
Eggers et al.
05/23/00
6,200,314
B1
Sherman
03/13/01
6,296,636
B1
Cheng et al.
10/02/01
6,485,487
B1
Sherman.
11/26/02
6,488,678
B2
Sherman
12/03/02
6,558,378
B1
Sherman et al.
05/06/03
6,616,657
B2
Simpson et al.
09/09/03
6,673,070
B2
Edwards et al.
01/06/04
6,712,811
B2
Underwood et al.
03/30/04
US20020161361
A1
Sherman et al.
10/31/02
US200301 09871
A1
Johnson et al.
06/12/03
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and/or country where published.
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